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&jjt Matara m? S?utjjroit WSDNESDAY, JULY 27,1898. The Sumter Watchman was round ec in 1?5O and the True Southron in 1866. The H 'dickman and Southron now has the combined circulation and influence of both of the old papers, and is mani? festly :be best advertising medium in Barnier. The United States should ship cap tared Spanish soldiers to Spain as rap? idly as they are taken, and wheo the ?ar is over Spain shenld be required to pay the bills. It is the best disposition to make of the Spanish prisoners and is attended by the least trouble, ex? pense and responsibility. Gee. Miles ccw'*nas the opportunity to win the promotion be has so long desired, and if his management of the campaign in Porto Rico entitles bim to it, there will be no one to object to his elevation to the rank of Lieutenant General. The German government makes many professions cf friendship toward the United States throng h its ambassa? dor, bot the action of the German ?ava] officers at Manila and in the West Indies give the lie to these friend i y professions. Germany is plainly hos? tile to tbe United States and unless the commanders of ber warships adopt tactics different from those now being pareced, there is going to be a clash some day that will ead ic a fight. Aching Rear Admiral Sampson's re port of the destruction of Cervera's fieet will be made public to-morrow. If the report ?ives Commodore Scbley the credit that is justly bis, it will re? move, in part, tho bad impression made Cj the first dispatch sent by Admiral Sampson. If be ti crier takes to claim tae credit himself,however,hisaame will | 04 Dennis with the American people. Fur Sampson's own sake we trust be j will rise equal to the occasion sod be? stow praise where praise is due and let those who deserve tbe credit receive what is justly their's. The belief that the Uoited States will restore tbe Philippines to Spain wheo peiioe U cooe'aded, is far-fetched and likely to prove disappointing to those who entertain it. This war bas ?cst ibis country an immense amount of sn-ocey, many lives and has disturbed business to tao extent, tbat entails still fcc a tier toooelary losses. Consequent ? ?y. ali valuable possessions taken from Spain will be retained to indemnify the country for the loses of tbe war. We shall bold fast to wha we have takeo by force of arms and Europe wit! not dare to interfere in Spaio's heb alf. Toe race for the Governorship is now generally believed to be betweei K1 er? be and Featherstone Heretofore tb.e other cat; did at en bave paid but scant attention to tbe Prohibition candidate, and Featherstone bas gone along quiet ly, but steadily winning friends every day At. last tbe other oaodiiates bav begun to real-z* tbat Eilerbe is not the only man they have to fight and they are taming their guns on Feather? stone. The other ca ??dates are not seriously considered to be io the race and it is now a fight between Feather stone and Eilerbe. Trie first represents prohibition and political freedom and liberty, while Eilerbe stands as the champion of the dispensary, and if be is re-elected it will be brooght abeu? by the power of the political machine that be has created and controls as Governor As a close friend of ?' lerbe said a few days ago. "The people are not taking much interest ic poli? ties this year and the politicians aid ofBoe holders are running things and will control the eleotioa : Eilerbe will certainly be eleoted." The Firnt 3ooth Oirolina Regiment will go to Porto R?30 within the bett week unie*? there is a change in the present plaos of the War Department The Regiment is composed of good material and the men in it wiii figbt as ?ell SM the best, and if they are thrown into the thickest of the fight by the fortuno? of war we are sure that they will oever show their backs to tbe enemy We wish the boys God speed on their journey, glory in battle and a safe return to their homes, with victory perched on their banner:), wben tbe war is ended. They are ail Carolinians, all will share in the dangers and hardships aod ali, officers and privates alike, will share in tbe glory that will be won. Sommer prices for Photograph's daring the next 30 days a*. Winburn's Gallery. e-23 _---?^-.?<y- -(!??? - Base Ball Goides for 1893 for sale by H. G. Osteeo & Co., 10 centa each ; by mail, 2 cents additional for postage. ?. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. '"'Climats and Crop Bulletin of the Weather Bureau, South Carolina Section. ! For the Week Ending Monday, July 25,1898. COLUMBIA, S C , July 26 The weather was extremely hot dur? ing the entire week. The average temperature for the State was 84 de? grees, the normal for the same period is about SI degrees. The minimum re? ported was 67 degrees at Walhalla on the 17th and at Longshore on the 21st, while elsewhere the night temperature ranged between 70 aod 80 degrees, tbe latter along the immediate coast. The maximum for the week was 102 de? grees at Beaufort and Swansea. RAINFALL There was more . than the usual I amount of raia io Spartanburg, Green? ville, Florence, Piokens, Dorohe?ter, Orangcburg. Barnwell aod Charleston counties where from two to six inches fell duriog the week. Io the upper Savannah valley, and the central coun? ties, and io the extreme northeastern counties the rainfall varied from one tenth inch to over two inches, while | elsewhere from half an inoh to over ac ioch of rain fell The rains of the week oame in numerous, fairly well distributed showers. In Edgef?eid and Andesson counties, and over limited areas io the eastern portions of the State, more raia is Deeded, but gener? ally there ia enough, or too much, mois? ture fer crops. The average rain all for the State was 1 55 inches, aod the normal of the same period is approxi? mately 1 41. The followiog heavy measurements (in inches) were report ed : Liberty 2 00, St. Georges 4.75, Loopers 2 30. J?ffries Creek 3 15, White Hail 2 45, Sandy Flat 5.25, Riverview 6 12. Greenville 2 42, Salt? ers 2 O0, Charleston 2.88, Spartanburg 3 15, Alleodaie 3.35, Blackville 2 45. SUNSHINE, STORM There was very little cloudiness uotil Saturday, after which generally cloudy weather prevailed. The es ti mated percentage of bright sunshine was 80 per oeot of the possible, rack? ing from 31 at ID mao to 100 at Govao aod Shiloh. A heavy storm passed over Flor? ence county on the 21 st, with wash iog rain, and heavy winds that blew dovn corn, fruit trees and fences. No other damaging high winde were reported A large majority of the reports for the week, and covering the entire State except restricted areas in Spar tanborg, Greenville, Pickens, Or-1 angeburg, Florence, Dorchester and j Barnwell couniiee where the rainfall j was excessive, describe the weather during the past week as favorable on growing crops of all kinds The humid heat, especially at night, to getber with numerous and well dis tributed showers stimulated rapid growth, while for the greater portion of the week the bright sunshine dried the surface of the ground sufficiently to permit cultivation of grassy fields, and laying by of many fields of corn and cotton in fine condition, although some are yet in need of cultivation and will be laid by foul, as laying by is nearly finished on account of cot ! ton being too large to plough or hoe I The midsummer condition of all the stapie, as well as the minor, crops is very promising generally, and particularly so in the northern and western counties arid over ex tensive regions in other portions of the State Corn made noticeable improvement, and the greater pr ion nf the crop is made, and to a iarge extent inde pendent of subsequent weather con ditions. The crop is promising,-ex ceedingly fine in some localities, but will, as a wnole, hardly be better or as good as an average one In some counties corn is firing on light lands ; while on wet bottom lands it is turning yellow and has stopped growing Practically all upiand and most of bottom land corn has been laved by Stubble corn doing nicely With the exception of too much rain on light sandy soils that caused some rust and excessive shedding, cotton made satisfactory develop ment during the we<?k, although in places there is a tendency of trie plants to grow too much to weed In Bamberg and Hampton counties cotton is turning red Many fields were cleaned ot gi ass and weeds during the week, and although many grassy fields are still reported, the crop as a whole is well cultivated, and heavily fruited. Open bolls are noted in Barnwell county, but the crop as a whole is later than last year Laying by will soon be finish ed Sea Island cotton is d >ing very well Cutting and curing tobacco is well under way, and the conditiou and quality of the crop ia reported very good. Preparations are being made for the first "break" of the season at Florence on the 28th. Rice is growing well and is in a very proraieiog condition AH dan? ger from salt-water is over in the tidal rice sections. More than the usual acreage was planted to peas this year, and where not too much moisture for them they are doing well. In the southern counties melons were email and inferior, but over the remainder of the state a large and fine crop is being marketed. Peaches ate very plentiful and of very good quality, but apples and pears are quite scarce and generally inferior Grapes are a full crop and are rip eni.ng, but in places excessive rot? ting is noted Scuppernoogs not yielding as well as usuai Sweet potatoes, pastures, gardens, sugar caue, and sorghum ail making excellent growth. Forage crops do? ing well, and haying well underway, but much damaged in Charleston county by the rains Prof. Willis S Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau, announces that a convention of the Weather Bureau officiais will be held at Omaha. Neb , ou October 20 21, 1898, and he in vites ail voluntary observers, crop correspondents, and others interested in the work of the Bureau to be pres ent 'Ihe Feyer Situation. Washington. July 24 -A dispatch rjoeived to-nigbt by Acjt Gr&o. Corbin lays that 396 new oases nf fever of all classes were reported io Geo. Shafrers carri) before Santiago yesterday. As the sane dispatch reports only four deaths-aod none of them from yellow i fever - from arnon]; the hundreds ot eases of fever known to exist in camp, j the war authorities are mote than ever ioolioed to the belief that the cases of yellow fever aie of a mild 'ype. Previous dispatches from Gen Shaf? fer and the medical officers of hjfa corps j have indicated the es Ure nee io the oamp of a very large number of oases of malarial and dengue fever, the lat ter being peculiar to thc Cuban eli mate. Sume oases of yellow lever are reported, bur the officials say thi*y arr few as oompared with those of other fevers. Shaffer, Geo Snafter'a dispatch, as made pot lie by Adjr. Geo Corbin, follows : Santiago, via Hayti, July 24, 1898 Adjutant Gmt ral Uoited States Army, Wa.hingroo : Number of oew oases of fever of all eia^t-e* for yesterday approximately 396 Deaths not previously reported: P<iva;e Daniel A. Stooe, Co D, First Illinois lofantry, typhoid fever, June 20;b ; Sergeant J. Biatr, regimental quat tcrtua-ter, Twelfth iofaotry, died July 22i ff dengus fever and as'beoiy and oo July 23. of malarial fever, Pn William Peacock aod Grant L?aroe -.hook, bo;b of Co. E. Second iofao ny. Sbafter, Major General Cotomanaing WITH THE CAVALRY DIVISION Santiago de Cuba, via Kingston, July 24, 9 30 p tn -The report pub li hed io th? United St?tea that there a-e 30 cvei of yellow fever io the cav a ry divinion proves, on investigation, t> ce unfounded Capt. House re? quests that tho report be definitely de? nied The First, Third, Sixth and Ninth vo unteers, the First and Teoth regu? lar cavalry regiments, and six com pa'it-s of th? Randolph light artillery are ei.oamped about two miles north? west of E Caney, at the base of the mouQ'aws The oaaip is apparently! pp f ct ly healthy as to location, and ha* a g -od Witer suppiy. The ground :s Writ dr lined Malarial fever is prevaUot. bu: it alwajs yieids to quinine treatment io j the courue of four or five days The 1 fact that the immunes io the regiment hav?* bad this fever as freely a* thc oth>-r tuen show* that the ilioess is not yellow jack. There tars been no fatalities from fever thus far, but so loog as the men are exposed to thc bot suo duriog the day, the iocreasiog rains and tbe heavy night dews, malara will iucreasc aDd our men grow worse. A second attack is much more difficult to eradicate, e peoiaily in ibo case of men exposed to tbe present conditions The cavalry is aDxious to proceed to Porto Rico, but will be obliged to re Dc-iUi here until tbe Spanish prisoners of war have been transported to Spain, which, it i?* believed, will not have bfon accomplished before tbe next couth ss well advanced Tbe array ii mentally depressed by inactivity and the u<cei-tait?ty as to it9 future move cueMs, tig et h ir with the increasing ujiiatiai fever. Brief Bulletin Brings News of Our Men on Porto Rican Soil. REPORT OP AN ATTEMPT ON EASTERN COAST. St Thomas, D. W. I., July 25 - The United States troops are landing to day on the island of Porto Rico, near Ponce, on the south coast. THIS DOESN'T TALLY. Madrid, July 25, ll p. m -A pri? vate dispatch from San Juan de Porto Rico says a strong American squad ron bas appeared before Bahai Hon da, but that the American attempt to disembark was repulsed with- consid erable loss WHAT IS SAID IN WASHINGTON. Washington, July 25 -The war department was busied to day hurry ing the dispatch for the remainder of Miles' expedition against Porto Rico Such progress has been m2de that it is hoped ali of the troops will be on Porto Rican soil within a week, at the latest. Gen Miles is not expect ed to defer his landing until that time, but, presumably, will pick out a suitable place for encamping his troops and establish himself ashore awaiting the arrival of the other de tachmeuts now on their way. War department officials expect that the first news received from Gen. Miles will come through the press dispatch es, as the general has not with him, so far as is known, any dispatch boals. It will be at least Saturday before direct cable communication can be established with him, and in the meantime reliance must be had on the dispatch boats running across to St Thomas, distant about four hours' run It was expected at tbe department that Gen Brooke and Gen Haines would sail to day from Newport News to join Miles, and that most of Gen. Brooke's command would be embarked by Wednesday. ^The work of embarkation at New? port News is being conducted with much less difficulty than was expect? ed Gol Becker, in charge of the transportation di?ision of the war department, who has just returned from that place, baa reported to Sec? retary Alger that it is eminently suit? ed to the shipment of the troops Consequently, the secretary to day ordered all of Gen. Grant's brigade of 3,000 men, from Chickamauga to Newport Newe It is not expected that al! of the transports required for their accommodation will have ar rived there by the time the soldiers get io, but they wiil encamp on suit able ground there, and it is believed wili be benefited with the ch.' "?e ? from Chickamauga The signal service has succeeded in reclaiming from the battlefield of Santiago the tubes which supplied the military balloon with pure hy drogen gas, and they, with the bat loon itself, have been brought over to Tampa on the steamer Adria. The tubes will be recharged immediately, and the whole apparatus will be dis patched at once to Porto Rico to as sist Gen Miles in his campaign there The ballon is said to have proved of great value in the Santiago cam paign, and from the character of the country in Porto Rico where mili tary operations must be conducted, it is believed that it also can be used to advantage there It was announced today at the navy department that the iong ex peeled report of Admiral Sampson upon the destruction of Cervera's fleet, with the accompanying reports of the commodore and captains of his squadron, had reached the de partment. It is supposed to have heen brought by Capt ?v'gsbee on the St. Pani, which arrived at New York last Friday, and to have been sent by maii by Capt Sigsbee It is the intention of the secretary of the navy to give these reports to the public in their entirety They will be given out for publication Wednes? day morning. DEWEY COMPIMENTED Secretary Long to day forwarded to Admiral Dewey the joint resolu? tion of congress extending the thanks of congress on the victory achieved at Cavite. The resolution wae beau tifully engrossed and prefaced by a formal attestation of its authenticity by Secretary of State Day, the whole thing being enclosed in highly gilt and ornamented Russian leather cov ere. It is to be remarked that Sec i retary Long in his letter of transmit j lal makes reference to a letter from j the secretary of state complimenting ! Admiral Dewey upon his discre I tion in the management of af ; fairs since the great naval vic I tory, a formal evidence that the state department is thoroughly satisfied ; wilh the diplomatic qualities he has j exhibited. The letter of Secretary j Long is as follows : ! Navy Department, Washington, July 25, 1898 Sir : The department has received I from the Secretary of State an en j grossed and certified copy of a joint i resolution of congress, tendering the j thanks of congress to you and the j officers and men of the squadron I under your command, /or transmis j sion to you, and herewith encloses I the same !. Accompanying the copy of the joint resolution the department received a letter from the Secretary of State re? questing that there be conveyed to you his appreciation of your character as a naval oflScer and of the good judgment and prudence you have ! shown in directing affairs since the j date of your great achievement in ! destroying the Spanish fleet. This I j take great pleasure in doing, and join j most heartily, on behalf of the navy department, as well as personally, in the commendation of the Secretary of State. Very respectfully. John D. Long, Secretary Rear Admiral George Dewey, United j States Navy, Commander in Chief United States Naval Force, Asiatic Station Good Country Roads. 'The great seoret of success io road making and road-keeping i? io drain the roads, aod keep the roads drained bj keeping the duche* opeo," writes John Gilmer Speed on "How to Ha?e Good Country Road*/' in the August La died Home Journal "The old methods was to run a plow through the side aitches and throw the disturbed ?oil,sod and all in the middle of (be rord There it Would stay til! a heavy rain came to wash this soil baok into 'be ditches and fill them up again. If there were money enough ibis kind of thing would be done over and over again, as often as four times io a year. When lhere were wet *pots broken stone or gravel would be placed io the road aod left for the passing wagoos ro wear this metal into rots The money spent was absolutely thrown away "By the new process all the road inendor needs to do i* to provide ditch es and outlets for them, and then so shape the road (hat the water falling in a rainstorm will ruo cff at once into the ditches The waler most not bc suf? fered to run in the road, but off the road The rain fall, being thus simply and effectively disposed of, becomes a most beneficial instead of a destructive agent ; it cleans, and shapes, and hardens the roadway, instead of wash it away and deepening the ruts When ?here are wet places, such a* springs, tn the roadway, gravel aod broken stone will not cure such things The wafer must be drained cff underneath ihe roadway and into the ditches by means of pipe or blind drains The whale thing is so simple that aoy one oao paciiy master fhe princ:p!ea and put the detail* iuto practica! op?ration. 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